A hippo love story
By: Karen Paolillo
Publisher: Penguin Books (South Africa)
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Parktown North, Johannesburg, South Africa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 218
ISBN-13: 9780143539056; 9780143531531
Subjects: Conservation; Turgwe Hippo Trust; Hippopotamus
Other titles: woman's fight to protect a hippo family
Description: When the threads that hold human society together unravel, the animal kingdom suffers. Karen Paolillo discovered this first-hand in Zimbabwe when she developed a close connection with thirteen hippos in their natural habitat, the Turgwe River. Her mission to save these exceptional animals after they came under threat of drought, land invasions and poachers developed into a beautiful African love story. It is also the stirring tale of how one woman faced personal and financial adversities while ensuring the survival of a family of hippos, with Bob, a three-ton bull, as their leader. With the establishment of the Turgwe Hippo Trust, Karen has triumphed as guardian of the hippos, and the animals have prospered ever since. A Hippo Love Story shares this heroic journey of a nature lover who became an ally of one of Africa's most fearsome animal species.
Table of contents: title: Setting up camp and meeting the hippos; title: Lion man George Adamson and romantic fate; title: Birth of a baby hippo; title: Hippos and crocodiles; title: Drought, death and a plan; title: Saving hippos and other animals; title: Hippo fights and problems; title: Rain and new life; title: The Turgwe Hippo Trust; title: Hunters and heartbreak; title: The flood; title: The land invasion begins; title: Violence becomes part of everyday life; title: Bob; title: An accident waiting to happen; title: Poachers and police; title: Mobs and madness; title: Hippo happenings and change; title: Blackface and Five; title: Bob's family tree; title: Thank you from Karen.